Iran expects significant Demand in olive oil production

Iranian authorities hope a significant surge in the country’s olive oil production would reduce imports and encourage farmers to use more lands for cultivation of the precious fruit.

An official from Iran’s ministry of agriculture said on Sunday that olive production in the country was expected to increase by more than a third to reach some 120,000 tons at the end of the current Iranian calendar year in March.

Rahmatollah Parichehr said that Iran was seeking to further optimize methods used in olive production by offering technical assistance to farmers across the country.

He said the effort is part of a scheme titled The National Plan for Development of Olive Cultivation and Processing which seeks to increase olive oil production in Iran to a level where the country would have no further needs for import.